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Films like Smiley Face.

Smiley Face (2007) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / stoner, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Vulgaria (2012) poster
1. Vulgaria2012

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Beerfest (2006) poster
2. Beerfest2006

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Little Hours (2017) poster
3. The Little Hours2017

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Bank Robbery (2007) poster
4. The Bank Robbery2007

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Anplagghed al Cinema (2006) poster
5. Anplagghed al Cinema2006

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Klown (2010) poster
6. Klown2010

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006) poster
7. Trailer Park Boys: The Movie2006

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Brothers Solomon (2007) poster
8. The Brothers Solomon2007

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The TV Is Coming (2006) poster
9. The TV Is Coming2006

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Peculiarities of the National Hunt (1995) poster
10. Peculiarities of the National Hunt1995

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Brice Man (2005) poster
11. The Brice Man2005

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Crush and Blush (2008) poster
12. Crush and Blush2008

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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